Trendsetters who have circumvented New York City’s general public using tobacco bans by “vaping” digital cigarettes would no for a longer time be capable to do so beneath legislation proposed by the City Council that would crack down

In a unanimous decision, members of the San Rafael City Council have approved the strictest type of smoking ordinance in the country. Assembly Bill 746 bans residents of apartments, condos, duplexes, and multi-family houses from smoking

Following the release of more than 300 inmates, Annie Dookhan, a Massachusetts state chemist who used to "process" drug samples almost 3 times as quickly as her colleagues, pled guilty to fabricating her results. Police estimate

Mayor Ford even gives out his cell phone number to voters, to call him any time about problems with city services or taxes. He eschews a chauffeur and other city perks, all in the name of keeping spending down for the average taxpayer.

The remarkable story of jailed New Hampshire marijuana activist Rich Paul has become widely shared and justifiably celebrated in the past year or so since his troubles with the state first began. His story has been diligently covered by a variety of

There is no doubt that paranoia is warranted. Indeed, paranoia is the name of the game in the underground economy. When dealing in “crimes” that could get you locked away in a cage for years with no expectation of being treated as a human,

Last week, news wires, blogs and pundits lit up with the horrifying story of David Eckert, a New Mexico man who last January was subjected to a series of invasive and degrading drug search procedures after a traffic stop.

It remains unclear how rats215 obtained the victim’s testimony, the Inquirer said. The case was handled by a secret indicting grand jury — a practice the Pennsylvania Supreme Court authorized last year to protect witnesses in violent crime cases.

8 months after locals formed self-defense groups, they are free of the cartel in 6 municipalities whose name came to signify criminal activity. What's more, the self-defense leaders, who are clearly breaking Mexican law by picking up military-style a

Prosecutors in one Arizona county argued that people who smoked marijuana days or even weeks earlier could be charged with driving under the influence of drugs. Maricopa County Attorney Susan Luder argued before the Arizona Supreme Court

A second man is alleging Hidalgo County, N.M., police violated his rights and escalated a minor traffic stop into an anal-probing nightmare as they searched in vain for drugs. Timothy Young was stopped for allegedly turning without a signal,

The initiative would remove all criminal and civil penalties for adults possessing up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana. This means no arrest, no criminal record, no citation, no fine. We know we can win and pass this initiative, which would send a clear me

Someone with login credentials for the Columbia Police Department replied saying, “(W)e have arrested all of the violent offenders in Five points. Thank you for sharing your views and giving us reasonable suspicion to believe you might be a criminal

What a bunch of butt-heads!
The City Council voted Wednesday to raise the age for buying tobacco and e-cigarettes from 18 to 21 — without bothering to restrict the sale of pipes and bongs that are used to smoke marijuana.

An Arizona family has sued for the right to treat their 5-year-old son’s debilitating seizures with medical marijuana extract under a law approved three years ago by voters in their state.
The parents of Zander Welton said medical marijuana is the

A classroom demonstration went awry when a police dog attacked a fifth grade boy. Officers visiting the school were conducting a mock drug raid on when the dog bit the boy and left him with puncture wounds to the leg.

[this is wow!] A Wisconsin mother-to-be is challenging her state’s fetal protection law after she was arrested following a prenatal visit where she admitted taking a drug used to treat painkiller dependency.

Mizanskey has been in a Missouri prison for 20+ years for violating the state’s “prior and persistent drug offender” statute, which resembles the “3 strike” laws with a notable exception: it doesn’t require any of the offenses be of a violent nature.

We would like to invite you all to participate in our first event as Arizona's state chapter-NORML Harvest Fest. We have a great line up of bands both from Arizona and coming in from California to help. Some of these guys are donating their time to